The Wicked Stepmother

I know most of you aren’t reality tv/survivor fans but I am and wrote this post on my other blog about gender stereotypes on the show and our society- particularly relating to mothering roles. It’s about TV and media so I thought some of you might be interested.

As you all know I’m a big Survivor fan and part of the reason I love the show is while it is fabricated and packaged as entertainment, it is also an interesting window into human nature. We see the way people behave when eating 100 calories a day, pushed to extremes and how they interact when forced to make choices that service themselves and the group. That is fascinating to me. The power structures, social customs, group theory and patterns that develop are interesting and the fact that every winner has been different is a testament to the show. There is no one way to guarantee a win because what is effective in a game amongst one group may not be in another.

For me season 29 was a disappointment. This is partly because I loved the previous season 28 so much. We had so many dynamic personalities in Cagayan…